Check holder



R.. S. YOUNG ET AL Oct 18, 1932.

CHECK HOLDER Filed May 9, 1930 INVENTORJ *5 5 A TTORNEY Patented Oct.18, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT S. YOUNG AND'PAUL DEVLIN, OFNEW BRIGHTON, NEW YORK CHECK HOLDER Application filed May 9, 1930.Serial No. 451,148.

This invention relates to slip holders and has special reference to acheck holder for holding packets of loose bank checks.

One important object of the invention is to provide an improved generalconstruction of device of this character.

A second important object of the invention is to provide an improvedcheck holder wherein a package of loose checks may be securely held andwherefrom the checks may be readily withdrawn, one at a time, for entry011 ledger sheets, adding on an adding ma chine and for any other.bookkeeping or accounting operations.

A third important object of the invention is to provide an improved formof check holder having means whereby it may be adjusted for checks ofdifferent lengths so that short checks may be securely held and longchecks may be easily withdrawn.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ingeneral of certain novel details of construction and combina tions ofparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawing like characters of reference indicate theparts in the several views, and

Figure 1 is a plan view' of the improved check holder.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail section on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a similar section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1. v

In the embodiment of the invention here shown there is provided a holderbase the upper surface of which forms a platform or check support 10,this upper surface being longitudinally concave so that checksrestingthereon will have their ends slightly raised above their centralportions, a package of such checks being indicated in dotted lines at C.A plate 11 closes the under side of this base and the plate and base aresupported on rubber legs 12.

In the appended drawing, the curvature of the platform 10 isconsiderably exaggerated, to make the same more noticeable. In actualconstruction, the curvature may be such that the middle of the plate 10(as seen in Fig. 2) is depressed about two-thirds of the thickness ofsaid plate, this figure being (except for the exaggerated curvature)made from an actual device.

Brackets 13 project upwardly from the rear end portions of the base andbetween 60 these brackets extends a hollow shaft 14 having a journal 15at one end. At the other end a screw pin 16 is screwed through thebracket and projects into the shaft to form a journal therefor. A spiraltorsion spring 17 is housed 55 in this end of the shaft 14 and has oneend fixed to the inner end of the pin 16 and its remaining end fixed tothe shaft as at 18. By rotating the screw the tension of this spring maybe adjusted and a lock nut 19 is mounted on the screw to secure it fromaccidental rotation so that the spring may be maintained in desiredadjustment.

A short sleeve or collar 20 is fixed to one end of the shaft 14 and onthe remaining 7 end is a similar collar 21 splined on the shaft 14 by afiat 22 formed on one side of the shaft, the collar 21 beingcorrespondingly formed so that it cannot revolve on the shaft but mayslide freely thereon. Arms 23 pro- 30 ject forwardly from these collarsand are provided with down turned ends for engagement over the fronts ofchecks C as is shown in the dotted line position of these arms in Figure3.

In operation the arms 23 are raised and a package of checks placed onthe platform. The arms are now dropped and will press down on thechecks. The operator places the moistened fingers of one hand on the topcheck and draws it toward him, grasping the check between his thumb andfingers as it moves forward. With the check thus grasped he completesthe forward movement and, with the arms properly positioned maydisengage the check ends from beneath the arms with great ease, theconvexity of the platform aiding this operation. He then performs thesame operation on the next check, depositing the drawn off checks asarms extending forwardly from the shaft desired. Thus the checks arebrought into view one after the other and the required data may beabstracted therefrom.

There has thus been provided a simple and efiicient device of the kinddescribed and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form andconstruction of the invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof. It is not, therefore, desired to confine theinvention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it isdesired to include all such as come within the scope claimed.

We claim: I

1. In a check holder, a platform, brackets at the rear corners of theplatform, a shaft revolubly mounted in one of said brackets, armsextending forwardly from the shaft ,and having down-turned endsoverlapping the front edge of said platform to engage the front of apackage of checks on the platform, and a spring having its endsconnected respectively to said shaft and the other of vsaid brackets andurging the forward ends of said arms downwardly toward the platform. I

2. In a check holder, a platform, brackets at the rear corners of theplatform, a shaft revolubly mounted in one of said brackets,

and having downeturned ends overlapping thefront edge of said platformto engage the front of a package of checks on the platform,

a spring having its ends connected respectively to said shaft and theother of said brackets and urging-the forwardends of said armsdownwardly toward the platform, and means to adjust the tension of saidspring.

3. In a check holder, a platform having its upper surface longitudinallyconcave, brackets at the rear corners of the platform, a shaft revolublymounted in one. of said brackets, arms extending forwardly from theshaft and having down turned ends to engage the front of a package ofchecks on the platform, and a spring having its ends connectedrespectively to said shaft and the other of said brackets and urging theforward ends of said arms downwardly toward the platform. 7

4. In a check holder, a platform having ts upper surface longitudinallyconcave, brackets at the rear corners of the platform, a shaft revolublymounted in one of said brackets, arms 'extending forwardly from theshaft'and having down-turned ends to engage the front of a package ofchecks on the platform, a spring having its ends connected respectivelyto said shaft and the other of said brackets and urging the forward endsof said arms downwardly toward the platform, andmeans to adjust thetension of said spring. 7 r

5. In a check holder, a platform, brackets at the rear corners of theplatform, a shaft revolubly supported by said brackets, a collar fixedto the shaft at one end thereof, a second collar splined on the otherend of the shaft, arms extending forwardly from said collars and havingdown-turned ends overlapping the front edge of said platform to engagethe front of a package of checks sup ported on the platform, and aspring having engage the front of a package of checks supported on theplatform,a spring having its ends connected respectively to said shaftand one of said brackets and urging the forward ends of said armsdownwardly toward the platform, and means to adjust the tension of saidspring.

7. In a check holder, a platform having its 1 upper surfacelongitudinally concave, brackets at the rear corners of the platform, ashaft revolubly supported by said brackets, a collar fixed to the shaftat one end thereof, a second collar splined on the other end of theshaft, arms extending forwardly from said collars and having down-turnedends to engage the front of a package of checks supported on theplatform, and a spring having its ends connected respectively to saidshaft and one of said brackets and urging the forward ends of said armsdownwardly toward the platform.

8. In a check holder, a platform having its upper surface longitudinallyconcave, brackets at the rear corners of the platform, a shaft revolublysupported by said brackets, a collar fixed to the shaft atone endthereof, a second collar splined on the other end of the shaft, armsextending forwardly from said collars and having down-turned ends to engage the front of a package of checks sup ported on the platform, aspring having its ends connected respectively to said shaft and one ofsaid brackets and urging the forward ends of said arms downwardly towardthe platform, and means to adjust the tension of said spring.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

ROBERT S. YOUNG. PAUL DEVLIN.

